Replace characters between < > with single * in variable

[Former Member]

Hi Experts ,

I want to replace all characters between < > with *. Data is stored in variable type char255.

Example ,

Suppose variable contains : Wage Type <Wage Type> Not Valid For Interface ID <ID>

I want output as Wage Type * Not Valid For Interface ID *.

Thanks & Regards ,

Jigar Thakkar

[Former Member]

Hi,

Wage Type <Wage Type> Not Valid For Interface ID <ID>

REPLACE  <Wage Type> WITH '*' INTO l_string.
 REPLACE <ID> WITH '*' INTO l_string.

Is this you are looking for ?

[Former Member]

Hi Avinash ,

No.

Text inside < > is not fixed. So i Can't hardcode values.

I need some dynamic code wich will replace character inside < > with * irrespective of text inside < >.

Thanks & Regards ,

Jigar Thakkar.

[Former Member]

Hey jigar,

is there any part of the text fix e.g. 'Wage Type'?

regards

Uwe

[Former Member]

Hi jigar,

to replace parts of a variable type string or c do this (example):

REPORT ZREPLACE
Data text type string.

text = 'Token 1, Token 2, Token 3, Token 4'.

while sy-subrc = 0.
   replace ',' with '-' into text.
endwhile.

* to check it is correct
write / text.

[Former Member]

You can create new variables. Put "Wage Type" into the first, "Not Valid For Interface ID" into another and than concatenate them with "*" in between.

Rob

[Former Member]

Hi Jigar,

Find the length of the string and use DO...ENDDO statement. Inside the loop, didnt consider the text between < and > and move to another string and add * when > is encountered in the string.

data:
  gv_len type i,
  gv_str type string value 'Wage Type <Wage Type> Not Valid For Interface ID <ID>',
  gv_rep_str type string,
  gv_flag type char1,
  gv_index type sy-index.
gv_len = strlen( gv_str ).
do gv_len times.
gv_index = sy-index - 1.
if gv_str+gv_index(1) = '<'.
gv_flag = 'X'.
continue.
elseif gv_str+gv_index(1) = '>'.
clear gv_flag.
concatenate gv_rep_str '*' into gv_rep_str.
continue.
elseif gv_flag is initial.
concatenate gv_rep_str gv_str+gv_index(1) into gv_rep_str.
endif.
enddo.
write:/ gv_rep_str.

Thanks,

Vinay

Edited by: Vinaykumar G on May 29, 2009 8:04 PM

[Former Member]

Hi,

first find your length of your field using strlen(field) then you can put * in the first and last field correspondingly.